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Which to use

“stockée” and “stocker” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#35,743
“stockée” frequency rank
#11,309
“stocker” frequency rank
47052
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stockée stocker
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de stocker. Conserver en dépôt, entreposer.

Where the eye mixes stockée and stocker

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. stockée (CCVCCVV) and stocker (CCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
stockée
7 ch
stocker

Visual trap between stockée and stocker

A purely visual mix-up. stockée (\sto.ke\) and stocker (\stɔ.ke\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47052, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stockée is recorded at frequency rank #35,743, classified as averb, pronounced \sto.ke\. stocker is at rank #11,309, tagged as averb, pronounced \stɔ.ke\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 47052, this pair ranks #190,029 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of stockée vs stocker

Shared letters: cekost. Private to "stockée": é. Private to "stocker": r.

"stockée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV  ·  "stocker" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • stocker ← sotcker · sstocker · stcoker · stoccker · stocekr · stockerr · stockker · stockre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "stockée" for "stocker" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\sto.ke\ versus \stɔ.ke\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "stockée" or "stocker"?
"stocker" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,309 in our French list, against #35,743 for "stockée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "stockée" and "stocker" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "stockée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stocker" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #190,029 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stockée" and "stocker" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sticker vs stockée". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #190,029 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list